GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 872

SENATE BILL 916

 

AN ACT TO GIVE ROWAN COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THE POWER TO ISSUE CITATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 67-30 is amended by adding a new sentence to the end to read:

"An animal control officer may issue a citation under the provisions of G.S. 15A-302 for violations of laws enacted for the protection or control of animals."

Sec. 2.  This act does not prevent Rowan County, in its discretion, from granting the power of arrest and other law enforcement authority to one or more of its animal control officers.

Sec. 3.  This act applies only to Rowan County.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1986.